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The Fancy Food Show welcomes Montana Azul in New York

June 21st, 2016

New York, June 28 – 30.

Montana Azul at the Costa Rica Pavilion is ready to receive visitors from United States and all the world.

The traditional event for gourmet foods and fine flavours take place once again at the Jacob Javitz Center, where Montana Azul will be showcasing the latests developments in flavours and products for the gourmet distributors.

New York shelves have welcomed previously Heart of Palm, Cassava and Roasted Coffee. This 2016 the company presents products as Victor and Pamela Arias confirm ” We are in expansion : we will be promoting sweet preserved fruits, a new range of tropical recipes that have opportunity in these markets and also promoting our new line of Frozen Tropical products”. Both new markets open more possibilities for clients to cater to new consumers. We want also to expand our clients’ businesses.

The company has been in Fancy Food show for the last 4 years in a row.

PLMA chooses our 3 produtcs for its Idea Supermarket !

May 16th, 2016

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PLMA Amsterdam 2016 selects Montaña Azul products for its Idea Supermarket (r):

First participation of the company at the Food Exhibition PLMA Amsterdam starts with a warm welcome. The organizers chose 3 Products to be displayed at the Hall of the Idea Supermarket, which displays the best and most innovative examples of what supermarkets, hypermarkets, and retailers of all types are doing with their own brand.

The Jury of the biggest show of Private Label has chosen 3 of Montaña Azul product for its “Idea Supermarket”. As Chavy Dumpé, Manager of Sales and Marketing for the Show confirmed ” After sending samples to participate in PLMA’s 2016 New Product Expo, the committee of PLMA 2016 has selected the products:

– daloö coffee with aremoas & daloö drip bags,

– “Ready to eat” Cassava cans and

– the traditional recipe Costa Rica Ceviche de Palmito ”

The company products will be displayed in the New Product Expo – Idea Supermarket area, located in the RAI Elicium and can be seen by all visitors and exhibitors during trade show hours, from 23 to 26 of May in the RAI Exhibition Center Amsterdam.

This is the first time that Montaña Azul joins the Private Label Show in Holland, together with other two Costa Rican companies and the Procomer as organizer. Previously in the european SIAL Food Show, the company was distinguished by the SELECTION SIAL by the Juries.

Montaña Azul will be at the booth # 9111 in PLMA Amsterdam.

Press notes: AmeliaRueda.com, LaRepublica.net

Opa! 3 days at Greece Food Expo

March 28th, 2016

Montana Azul to be the only latinamerican country to be present with Booth at the 3rd edition of Greece Food Expo 2016.

This show which is the biggest of Southern European countries displays 900 exhibitors and 30000 visitors in its 3 days as confirmed by Giorgos Bilalis, International Visitors responsable for the Show.

The company will be presenting the products branded Montaña Azul under the “Food and Coffee from Costa Rica” theme.

Salud! Welcome 2016 The year of the family company

December 22nd, 2015

Montaña Azul welcomes the 2016 with a stronger Family Company.

Not only in 2015 we managed to expand our facilities with a new WareHouse and a New Plant but also the team became able to enter into new Retail segments such as PriceSmart and Megasuper local supermarkets with attractive offers to the consumers consolidating the Family of Montaña Azul under the slogan “time to share in family”.

In 2015 wew recipes were born : “PalmHeart Ceviche” and “Jalapeño Palms” bringing a Latin kick for new product hunters. Expected to hit the markets in 2016, our PalmHeart Ceviche and Palm Jalapeño are a vegetable variation of our local CostaRican dishes. Dedicated to those Distributors who want to provide new ideas, new products and new alternatives for a more demanding market. We innovate for you!.

Our tropical fruits got spread this year into Supermarket stores across Europe becoming the icon of a new era for fruit in jars, as we say in spanish “el secreto está en el cariño” (the secret is the love). We do care for the beautiful products we created this year: they look great, they taste better and make your life better. We make them with love and attention to details.

Thanks to all who made this 2015 a Year were we improved. Lets raise our coffees for more ideas coming fresh in 2016! Salud!

Price Smart says : its time for 6 pack Cassava!

November 11th, 2015

Starting this month!

Our Cassava Montaña Azul x 6 units, appeared at the racks of Price Smart in Costa Rica.

The project became reality for the US Retailer for the national branch and represents an opportunity for the Ready to eat Cassava product.

Montana Azul in New York this week!

June 20th, 2015

Dear friends, time to book your flight to NYC and come to have a daloö coffee with us!.

The Arias family is proud to invite you to New York City, at the Jacob Javitz Center for the Summer Fancy Food Show, from 28 to 30 of June.

This year, three members of the family will be there sharing with our clients, old and new friends. Víctor, Pahola and Pamela will be showcasing also the new stars of the company:

daloö coffee drip units, after the success in SIAL Show in France as the SIAL INNOVATION nominee, radio covered included, comes in drip packs for this 2015 to Fancy Food show, easy to carry anywhere you want and packed in a high end luxury gift presentation. Daloö expanded into Asia this year and consolidated the biggest 7 supermarket chains in Costa Rica. We expect to be arriving to new countries and channels after this show.

Arriba Jalapeño! as requested by many so far, finally the beautiful white palm heart show to us its wild side, by becoming spicy. Jalapeño halves will match the delicate flavour of the palmito, in order to give the kick you waited for.

Tropical novelty, the jars opened this year a new star: the vertical papaya pineapple twins will be arriving to the french retail stores for this summer. The slick look of this product makes it hip, young and modern. In addition to that, the flavour and texture of the papaya is full of the Costa Rican pineapple richness. Is a combination you cannot miss. You come and try it.

As Víctor Sr says “we will be representing the greatness of Costa Rica, the best we can through hard work as always: This year we even got certified FSSC 22000 some weeks ago… after more than fifteen years exporting cans, our company is ready to enter in new product lines such as frozen and fresh foods too, so this message we also take to New York Fancy Food. Our clients and partners expect big things from us and we are up to the challenge”.

We will be glad to meet you there. Send us your confirmation for a meeting.

2015 certification FSSC 22000 : Safety and quality for food.

April 22nd, 2015

Agroindustrial Montaña Azul certifies FSSC 22000: A Food Safety Management System (FSMS) Certification Scheme

FSSC 22000 defines requirements for integrated processes that work together to control and minimize food safety hazards. Once a facility implements processes that address all the requirements of FSSC 22000, they can be certified to FSSC 22000.

The certification program is managed by the Foundation for Food Safety Certification: www.fssc22000.com. The FSSC System was designed to provide companies in the food industry with an ISO based FSMS certification that is recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).

Pahola Arias, leader for the project of certification explains: ” FSSC 22000 certification shows our clients that our commitment is not words but actions. It also allows our company to achieve our first certification from the GFSI norms. Therefore, any client looking for BRC, IFS can accept our new certification as iqual since it covers the same requirements”.

Recognition by GFSI provides worldwide recognition and acceptance by food manufacturers and retailers. More information on GFSI can be found at the website: www.mygfsi.com

Congratulations to the team!

2014 : a year that ends with recognition

December 17th, 2014

Felicitaciones!. Congratulations!

As the Costa Rica President handed the Award for the Effort of Exporters, the representatives of the family Montaña Azul walked to the stage to receive it. “Category of Innovation, this award goes to … Montaña Azul”. This award is granted to companies that made an upstanding work in their field of bringing Costa Rican services or goods to the international markets.

This year our President, Victor Arias Jimenez, received the Award and shared some words with the audience “we are a family company, which means for us is difficult to innovate. It takes creativity and hard work”. Also invited all the other companies to continue creating and pushing hard for Costa Rica, a country that deserves all our effort. “Costa Rica es un país maravilloso” as he always says.

The Award was granted to Montaña Azul after a careful evaluation from the Jury of 5 different Institutions: Promoter of Foreign Trade, Minister of Health, Ministery of Science and Technology, Ministery of Economy and Trade, and the Chamber of Exporters.

A great end of the year for don Víctor, a visionary man who also got the 2014 Award for Agriculture (granted by the Chambers of Agriculture) and the Selection 2014 by Sial to 2 of the companies’ products: cassava with spices and Daloö Coffee.

No doubt, this success is “made in Costa Rica”, by a family with global standards.

Agriculture Chamber of Costa Rica grants Victor Arias Jiménez the Award “Mérito Agrícola” 2014

November 26th, 2014

The annual award is given a by the Chamber of Agriculture and other 60 different Chambers from the Agriculture sector of Costa Rica.

A lifetime dedicated to the fields, the vision to diversify in different cultivation alternatives and the creation of vertical operations in the AgroBusiness: from the seed to the export; were some of the reasons that the Costa Rican Agriculture Chamber took into consideration to grant this 2014 Award “Mérito Agrícola” to our President of Montaña Azul, Víctor Arias Jiménez.

In the activity which took place at the Holiday Inn facilities in San José downtown , Mr Ricardo Seevers from the Coffee Chamber introduced the 2014 Award to ‘don Víctor and his wife doña Marielos’ ” such a good thing to be able to speak good things about him…the most beautiful thing we saw in his company and in this family, is that they have been producing an added value: that exact added value that everybody is looking for; in their coffee with aromas, in their canned cassava …”

During his words don Víctor told to the audience an overview of his own history in the AgroBusiness, the cyclical nature of the crisis througout his agriculture entrepreneurships and how each of those crisis made him wiser and stronger. Also pointed out the challenges for the new generations: the climate change, the competitiveness and legislations and our human complexity that sometimes put obstacles in front of the business and our society.

” We have to carry on the ‘carreta’ (oxcart) of the AgroBusiness. Not only for us but for Costa Rica. Costa Rica is a wonderful country”. He concluded.

For those who speak spanish,listen to this, memorable and a lifetime speach, from an unique leader, today recognized with this award, but to whom we express our admiration in a daily basis. Click here to listen

Felicidades don Víctor. Bien merecido!.

Montana Azul might win the award “Effort for Export” 2014.

November 17th, 2014

Montana Azul made it to the finalists’ short list on the contest for the Award “Effort for Export”2014.

The week of November 13 had the highlight of the year for the Production team and the Management team. The Costa Rican Chamber of Exporters organizes every year the Award to the “Effort for Exports” among the Small and Medium companies. This award is granted to the company that best ranks in the evaluation categories at the annual contest sponsored by the Government of Costa Rica.

Under the coordination of the Chamber of Exporters, other important Institutions are represented as evaluators, depending on the subject: The Health Ministry for food safety issues or environment impact, the Science and Technology Ministry evaluating innovative processes and products, the Costa Rican Trade Promotion Institute evaluating the commercial and competitiveness and the Ministry of Economy reviewing operations and size of the company.

Pamela Arias received the evaluating team with humbleness and appreciation “…few times in the life of a Family Company like ours, we have the opportunity to thank those governmental institutions that support our operations. This is one of those times. We participate as part of the contest, but already being among the finalists, is a great honor”.

The 5 of December 2014 the awarded company will be announced during the Chamber of Exporters CADEXCO event.

Good luck to the Montana Azul team!.

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